Range Sentiment | Fractalyst

What’s the purpose of this indicator?
This indicator aims to calculate the percentage level of bullish or bearish fluctuations within equally divided price sections, in the latest price range.
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How does this indicator calculate the current sentiment?
This indicator calculates the current sentiment by identifying the highest swing high and the lowest swing low, then evenly dividing the distance between them into percentage amounts. If the price is above the 50% mark, it indicates bullishness, whereas if it's below 50%, it suggests bearishness.
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Is this sentiment the same as the ones on online websites?
No, the sentiment as discussed earlier, is based on analyzing price action on charts and calculating the current range in percentage.
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What methods do other websites typically use to determine market sentiment?

1. Broker Data Aggregation: Compiling data from various forex brokers to assess the percentage of long and short positions taken by traders.
2. Lot Size Analysis: Considering the size of positions taken by traders, where a significant number of large positions in one direction may indicate strong bullish or bearish sentiment.
3. Order Flow Analysis: Tracking the flow of orders in the forex market, with an increase in buy orders suggesting bullish sentiment and a surge in sell orders indicating bearish sentiment.
4. Sentiment Surveys: Conducting surveys among forex traders to gather opinions about future price movements and gauge sentiment.
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What are the options to display the current market sentiment?
1. Table - located at top centre of your charts
2. Label - indicating the 50% level of the current range mentioned above

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How can I analyze how the sentiment worked on historical data?
There are 3 available options:

1. Shapes
2. Candles
3. Background

- White colour/transparent background denote a weak or uncertain trend, where the bullish or bearish degree is less than 60%.
- Blue colour indicates that the price is trading bullish.
- Red colour indicates that the price is trading bearish.
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On what market and timeframe this indicator operates on?
The Range Sentiment indicator is applicable to all markets and timeframes.
When switching between timeframes, the values remain consistent because it utilizes the daily bias to determine the sentiment for the current day.
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How can I use this indicator?
1. Add "Range Sentiment | Fractalyst" to your TradingView chart.
2. Choose the pair you want to analyze or trade intraday/during session.
3. Make sure the sentiment is showing you a bullish or a bearish degree of higher than 60%.
(To avoid potentially choppy price action)
4. Use your favourite entry model to trade in the same direction that the sentiment is showing you.
5. Determine your take profit based on the daily swing level OR previous daily high if the bullish degree is above +60% and previous daily low if the bearish degree is +60%.
6. Risk adjustment and Trade management based on your personal preferences.
Example:
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User-input settings and customizations
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What makes this indicator original?
1. It utilizes the daily timeframe's current range to determine the day's bias degree in percentage.
2. Apart from presenting the current sentiment in a sentimental table, it also visualizes the 50% threshold as a label, indicating where price may shift direction from a sentiment perspective.
3. It offers the feature to analyze historical data, allowing users to observe indicator performance through shapes, candles, and background colors.
4. By integrating market sentiment directly into the charts, it simplifies the trading process, removing the reliance on online websites and services for sentiment analysis, which often rely on limited brokerage data and resources.
5. Unlike most sentiment websites that primarily focus on forex pairs sentiment data, this indicator stands out by its capability to analyze sentiment across all markets. Moreover, it provides real-time updates, ensuring traders have access to the latest sentiment information regardless of the market they are trading in.
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